The Chandigarh Commission for protection of Child Rights in collaboration with the Department of Education, Chandigarh Administration on Thursday launched the Campaign for “Elimination of Corporal Punishment in Schools of Chandigarh by 2016”. The Campaign was launched by Vijay Dev, Adviser to the UT Administrator.
Vijay Dev addressed the Principals and spoke on the commitment to “Zero Tolerance for Corporal Punishment by the Chandigarh Administration. He stressed that schools needed to imbibe the core principles of value education like truth and keeping promises. He said that making lectures more interesting and receptive for students, telling them importance of Physical Education are training them to constructively use their energy are needed to be imparted in the educational pattern.
He exhorted teachers to imbibe new technology and update skills to deal more effectively with the changing trends in education.
Delivering the key note address, Devi Sirohi, Chairperson, CCPCR spoke on the need and importance of such a Campaign. He informed that this was the first such Campaign in the country and Chandigarh has taken one more step to realise the dream of becoming a smart city in the true perspective.
Sirohi also highlighted that an Advisory on the “Redressal mechanism of complaints on Corporal Punishment to all schools” is being sent which includes setting up of “Child Rights Committees” by January 2016 under the monitoring of the Chandigarh Commission for Protection of Child Rights. The Program logo, Banner and Pamphlets were launched by the Adviser.
The program was attended by Rubinderjit Singh Brar, DPI Schools, Navjot Kaur, Director Social Welfare, Pramod Sharma, Member, CCPCR, Chanchal Singh, Dy. Director School Education, besides Principals or representatives of 14 Private Schools and 18 Government Schools of Chandigarh.